Fatal fungaemia due to Cryptococcus albidus in an elderly diabetic woman presenting with pleural effusion
ABSTRACT This is a fatal case of fungaemia due to Cryptococcus albidus in an elderly woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus who presented pleural effusion as the only clinical presentation. Not only infections of the pleura are uncommon presentations of pulmonary cryptococcosis, but these infections du...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652020000100507&lng=en&tlng=en |